Thursday, March 5, 2009

Baking as a stress reliever.

It does work! When you're feeling a little anxious or stressed, baking or cooking gets your mind off your worries beautifully. I was originally going to make cookies but I didn't have the right ingredients so this pineapple upside down cake was the next best choice. I made it healthier by subbing half the flour amount with whole wheat flour and omitting half the sugar. Don't know if that was a wise choice but we'll find out when I taste this later on after it has cooled completely. It's a shame I didn't have little red cherries to stick in the pineapple holes. You will find the recipe for this cake here.

EDIT: This cake was good. Not too sweet and a just a bit "health foody" because of the whole wheat but still good!

I agree totally. Some times I bake every day and have to give the stuff away so I odn't end up the size of a house! It really helps - I think its thecreating something out of nothign and having to take the time to do it!

And I have to agree, baking is a huge stress reliever! Although I really adore cooking, there's something about measuring all of the ingredients and focusing on accuracy (when baking) that calms me down when I'm upset.

"What do you eat?"

Why, yummy food of course! As a vegan who does not eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy, I get asked this question hundreds of times. I plan to fill the contents of this blog with the answer to that question and to prove that vegan cuisine is full of variety, flavor and abundance.